Word: reasonably
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Hero of Our Time is very ambitious. It is Steven Shea's first major attempt as a play-wright; it contains a large cast (eleven leads); and the physical obstacles to be overcome in staging it (something over twenty changes of scene) are enormous. That is part of the reason why, though it falls a bit short of its ambitions, its success is still considerable...
...Backlog. There is a good reason why RCA signed up the Philadelphia: it desperately needed a big-name orchestra on its roster. The Boston Symphony, a big seller in the days of Serge Koussevitzky, has not done nearly so well under Conductor Erich Leinsdorf. Columbia has two other popular orchestras on its roster: The New York Philharmonic with Leonard Bernstein, and George Szells Cleveland Orchestra. RCA's winning bid was a reported $340,000-a-year royalty guarantee over the next five years. That is a lot of money, but RCA thinks it has a very good chance...
Royalties and Pops. Nonetheless, the orchestra itself has reason to be content with its new lot. Royalties are coming in from both companies. In addition, Ormandy can now record material that was closed to him at Columbia, because Mahler belonged largely to Bernstein, and Mozart to Szell. To be released in the fall are Philadelphia versions of the Mahler First Symphony and Mendelssohn's Elijah. After that will come DeFalla's Nights in the Gardens of Spain with Rubinstein, Mahler's Second Symphony, Bach's St. Matthew Passion, and several contemporary works, including Krzystof Penderecki...
...indisputable that Americans are losing some of their taste for smoking. Pollster Louis Harris reports that in the past four years the smoking population has declined from 47% to 42% of those over 21. One reason is that, in the same period, the number of Americans who believe smoking is a "major cause" of lung cancer has risen from 40% to 49%. Harris found that, by a ratio of 5 to 4, Americans favor restrictions on TV and radio ads for cigarettes. Significantly, those who are "most convinced" that cigarettes are dangerous tend to be people under 30. The polls...
...damaged by the retirement of some effective friends in Congress, notably Kentucky's Senator Thruston Morton. Nor have tobacco men particularly helped themselves by their response to the issue of smoking and health. The Tobacco Institute refuses to concede that much more than a health "controversy" exists. One reason for the industry's reluctance to concede a link between smoking and disease is its fear of health-hazard liability suits...